Thesaurus results for BROKEN OUT

broken out

verb

past participle of break out

as in erupted

to develop suddenly and violently in the wake of news reports of deaths from the flu, panic broke out, and there was a mad rush for flu shots

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Recent Examples of broken out The company was unaware that its agents had broken out until they were alerted by the victim. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Since then, this has all broken out further into public view. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a war had broken out between Israel and the Socialist regimes of Egypt and Syria. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026 Stringr The launch near where the trio was found is roughly seven miles southwest of a different boat launch, where a car belonging to one of the women was discovered with a window broken out, state police said in a statement Wednesday. — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026 Ornelas, 26, has appeared in 32 MLB games for the Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves over the last three seasons, but has broken out in Triple-A this season. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Having broken out of prison, Voit tracks them down and saves his daughter. — Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026 As the chart shows, it has also consistently broken out of consolidation patterns from a relative-strength perspective, with those breakouts versus XLV leading to meaningful upside follow-through. — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 17 June 2026 Edouard Julien, who’s broken out of a deep May slump, went 2 for 3 with a double and drove in three runs. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 10 June 2026

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Chaos erupted in the backfield on nearly every clear passing down for Mayfield, none larger than the final sack-fumble of the day by Mafe.

— Zak Keefer, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
The exchange is the latest chapter in a public disagreement that erupted after Clancy's trial, when Reddington publicly criticized the lone holdout juror who prevented a unanimous verdict on murder charges.

— Brittany Miller , Bryan Llenas, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of erupted

Verb

Walker took the handoff, hit the seam, and exploded 60 yards to the house, becoming the first Chiefs back to log over 140 rushing yards and a touchdown in a game since Kareem Hunt in 2017.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
El Niño has prevented that same type of wind shear over the exceptionally warm Pacific and activity exploded.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026